There's no beauty without the wound
Original title
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Released
9/16/1998
Origin country
FR, JP, GB, US
Genre
Drama
Production companies
BBC Film, Arts Council of England, BFI, Uplink, Partners In Crime Films, Première Heure
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 32min
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.
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